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EDWARDSVILLE - The remarkable contributions of inspiring women who embrace and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion were recognized during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s ninth annual Phenomenal Celebration held Wednesday, March 22. “What the goal here today is to ensure these women are seen, celebrated, and supported,” said Kevin Leonard, PhD, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences’ during his opening remarks. “It is imperative we recognize these women for the works they have accomplished on campus and in their community, but we also want to ensure they know we as a community support them on their journeys as they continue great works into the future.” “Every woman receiving this recognition today is making a positive impact at this University and in our greater community,” said keynote speaker Candi Johnson, program coordinator for SIUE’s Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Center. “These women

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A St. Louis man was sentenced to five years in prison over a crash that led to the death of a teenage girl in 2018.

Senate appropriations chief floating bond-funded plan to beef up Interstate 70 project to add new lanes across the state.

Freedom of speech and association include the right to choose one’s communication technologies. Politicians shouldn’t be able to tell you what to say, where to say it, or who to say it to. So we are troubled by growing demands in the United States for restrictions on TikTok, a technology that many people have chosen […]

A year after private equity-backed Noble Health shuttered two rural Missouri hospitals, patients and former employees grapple with a broken local health system or missing out on millions in unpaid wages and benefits.

Trans kids and their families are being targeted by dozens of proposed bills in the Missouri legislature. But deciding how, when, and why to transition is actually a conversation parents and kids have been having for years — without lawmakers. Three sets of parents, as well as their children, each trans boys between the ages of 9 and 11, discuss what it’s like to grow up trans in Missouri, from how they chose their own names, to their thoughts on why so many adults in the state legislature don’t accept them the way they are.

Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill last year ditching the presidential primary in favor of a caucus system.

Missouri Republicans are making a push to allow firearms to be carried inside religious establishments and lessen restrictions on access to firearms.

Illinois’ out-of-state cannabis market has taken a hit as Missouri’s newly legalized recreational market takes off, data shows.

Both SSM Health and Mercy ended a similar requirement last week.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has launched an online form for reports of questionable gender transition interventions.

A bill that would stop physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors who have not already begun treatment passed Missouri’s Senate Thursday in a party-line vote. The legislation originally sought to ban all gender-affirming care, but after negotiations was amended to allow transgender youth to continue their treatment if they started before Aug. 28, […]

The post Missouri Senate advances bill banning transgender care for minors appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Charging documents said Kenderick D. Moore was in a stolen car when he hit Riggins and that he left his DNA on an airbag at the scene of the crash.

A Webster Groves man was charged earlier this month amid allegations of raping a child.

Are The Black Crowes going country? Well, not really, but they are set to perform at the upcoming CMT Music Awards.  The “Shake Your Money Maker” rockers are set to join Darius Rucker on the…

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When Bessie was found, there was doubt as to whether she would live, much less her babies.